Fatty amine products are used as a dispersing agent or internal/external lubricant for benefits in polymer production of to facilitate and stabilize the dispersion of solid compounding materials to enhance processability, to decrease friction and abrasion of the plolymer surface, and to contribute color stability and corrosion prevention.

whoops... I was interested in the fact that it actually explicitly listed a specific molecule that is utilized in the formulation, right on the label.

I guess the question is, given the uses of this compound, many of which are listed above, which do you think it is performing in a "75W" gear oil? How does this fatty amine compound compare to the current state of the art for the function it is being utilized for?

If all the qualified chemists are guessing then the stuff probably has no function other than to act as a dispersant for some active ingredient that keeps falling out of solution and collecting on the bottom of the bottle in shipment and storage. If it actually was a super-duper component of the lubricant package, they wouldn't name it.

I think it's like the chemicals in food packaging - anything that is important to flavor is a secret - preservatives are listed for all to see!

this came from an imported bottle of gear oil. The european requirements for disclosure may be significantly different from ours.

As mentioned before, it was just interesting that they actually listed the presence of a technical molecule used in the formulation. Besides, say, an aliphatic hydrocarbon, which could easily be picked up in a GC-FID analysis, I doubt that much disclosure of any sort of formulation bits and pieces are really given in most formulations.